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By J. H. DEVEAUX 1889—1954
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. . . disabilities often associated
with race, sex or inherited economic
status should not in themselves be allowed
to restrict an individual’s opportunities
for development. Instead of judging' in¬
dividuals in terms of inherited status we
ought to judge each on his own merits.
In an equal race we presume the best
man will win. Thus, although we should
respect a man just because he is a man,
we should honor men who, having had
opportunity equivalent to that of others,
manage to excel.”
—Robert T. Roelofs
CHRISTMAS
“For unto us a child is born, unto us
a son is given: and the government shall
he ui)on his shoulder: and his name shall
be called Wonderful, Counselor, The
Mighty God, The Everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.”
—Isaiah 9:6
“And she brought forth her firstborn
son, and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger: because
there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shep¬
herds abiding in the field keeping watch
over their flock by night. And In, (lie
angel of the Lord came upon them, end
the glory of the Lord shone round about
them: and they were afraid.
“And the angel of the Lord said unto
them, ‘Pear not: for, behold I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which shall be
to all people. For unto you is born this
day in the city of David a Savior, whi h
is Christ, the Lord. And this shall lie a
sign unto you; Ye shall find (lie babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger.’ And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God. and saying, ‘Glory to
God in the highest, and on earth iwHce,
good will toward men.’ And il came to
pass, as the angels were gone away from said
them into heaven, the shepherds
one to another, ‘Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing which is
come to pass, which the Lord hath made
known unto us.’ And they came with
haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and
the babe lying in a manger. And when
they had seen it, they made known
abroad the saying which was told them
concerning this child. And all they that
heard it wondered at those things which
were told them by the shepherds.”
—Luke 2:7-18
LEAVE IT TO GEORGE
In a recent election in West Berlin,
96.1 per cent of qualified citizens went to
the polls and voted. Other countries that
do not claim to be paragons of democratic
practice, maintain a better record for
citizens’ participation in elections than in
the United States. Thesejcountries for the
most part are younger and less experi¬
enced in the practice of democracy. The
cost to them of converting from auto¬
cratic or monarchial forms of government
has been gory and otherwise heavy. Per¬
haps this has made them appreciate the
opportunity to participate in government
more highly than do citizens of the United
States. Except that the right of people to
govern themselves has meant struggle
and sacrifice over many years, the people
of the United States have had no battle
since the American Revolution, to achieve
that right, comparable to that of coun-
ENOORSE 1955 MARCH DIMES
Left to right: Dr. Matthew Walker. Nashville. Tenn presi-
.dent of the National Medical Association, Mrs Wilhelitiina Bvrd
Brown. Pittsburgh, Pa., president of the Girl Friends, and C’.C.
DeJoie Jr., New Orleans. La., president of the National Newspaper
Publishers Association, urge you lo respond liberally lo the 1955
March of Dimes, Jan. 3-3J
—
MAGAZINE SELECTS
MATTIWILDA DOBBS
NEW YORK—iANPi Brill
iant coloratura iupruno MatU-
wilda Dobbs has been selected
by Mademoiselle magazine as
one of 10 1954 Merit Award
National Advertising Representatives
Associated Publishers
31 West 46 Street
New York 18, New York
Whaley-Miktcelsen Company
6513 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Whaley-Mlkkelsen Company
235 Montgomery street
San Francisco, Calilornia
tries that have had to throw off and
fight from under, age-old monarchies or
autocracies or despotisms. This may be
why they value their right to vote, and
exercise it. If failure to vote is a sign,
then most Americans, because 50 per
cent of them seldom vote, place little
value upon their duty and privilege to
vote. No matter what the reasons for
indifference on the part of white voters,
Negro citizens have every reasons for ex¬
ercising the right and privilege of voting
every time the opportunity presents it¬
self. It is inconceivable ffqtt Negroes
should not value their suffrage—they
who, for the most of their free lives, were
denied the right to vote, who have lived
in a country which has made so much of
suffrage.as a theory, at le-aJt : who, be¬
cause of an undeniable trend, have wit¬
nessed the disappearance of nearly all
devices prohibitive of Negro suffrage.
No people could have more reason for
valuing their right to vote. Their indif¬
ference belies their much-mouthed desire
for fullfledged citizenship. This futile indiffer¬
ence contains the seeds of a future
for them. Specifically, Negroes in Chat¬
ham County are heedlessly sewing these
seeds. They will not register; they will
not vote and they resist every effort to
move them in the right direction. How-
over distasteful it is to admit it, the
worst phase of the problem is not ignor¬
ance on the part of the masses of Ne¬
groes, hut the refusal of a large number
of intellecutally able and economically
secure Negro men and women to take any
part in or responsibility for, assisting to
, guide Negro citizens in becoming in-
iiirmwl, and useful to themselves and to
the community. This group of Negroes
enjoys a fatuous complacency on the
sidelines leaving it to George to do I he
playing ami complaining when he fum¬
bles, when he throws the game for a price.
A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
This week, December 19, marks the
fiftieth anniversary of the Guaranty Life
Insiirancfe Company, a Savannah born,
owned and managed institution of which
all Savannah is proud. This was an un¬
usual event for the reason that not many
institutions can boast a lifetime of half
a century. The progress of this company
is a tribute to the vision, business acu¬
men and integrity of the ^even men who
organized it fifty years ago,1| under the
leadership of Mr. Walter S. Scott. Tts
growth from no assets to $1,248,156.70,
tp a capitalization of $200,000, from a
mutual to a company one carrying the
ordinary types of life insurance, and hos¬
pitalization, is a happy reward for the
faith, patient* and business foresight of
its organizers and a justfication of the
confidence its members and friends have
imposed in it over the years. It is prophet¬
ic of a splendid future.
The Guaranty Life Insurance Com¬
pany deserves the commendation which
the citizens of Savannah so ungrudgingly
give it. We join official Savannah, the
State Insurance Commissioner, business
interests in the city, policy holders and
other beneficiaries, in saluting the com¬
pany and its president, Mr. Walter S.
Scott, and wish for them a continuance of
the wholesome progress in the next fifty
years, that has characterized its first
fifty. The Savannah Tribune salutes the
Guaranty Life Insurance Company.
winners. j
The lo women cited annually <
by the magizine arc honored
for signal achievement during
the past year.”
Born in Atlanta. Miss Dobbs
won first prize at the Geneva
International competition in
1950 and after enthusiastic re¬
ceptions at La Seala, Glynde-
bourne, and Covent Garden,
she made her U. S. debut in New
! York’s Town Hall.
Others cited by the magazine
are: Eva Marie Saint, actress;
Genevieve de Galard Torraube
nurse: Ann Lein. designer;
Diana Adams, dancer; Marilyn
Bell, swimmer; Irene Osborne,
social worker: Caro! Haney,
comedienne, and Sally Liber¬
man Smith, researcher-writer.
The Christian Dior bra was
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named winner of the 10 th merit
award.
In making the award to the
| Christian Dior's bra, Betsy Tal¬
bot Blackwell, Mademoiselle's
editor-in-chief, cited it as "the
i most revolutionary fashion
change since Dior’s New Look in
1947
“Contrary to the first press
report 1 'Dior Abolishes Bos¬
oms’) M. Dior, working from a
subtle, honest foundation, lias
only raised and minimized the
bosoms, released the ahule sil-
THE SAVANNAH TRIBURR
BETWEEN THE LINES
By Dean Gordon B. Hancock for AMl'J
THE politicians paradise
could wish for no rairer for-
tuuc man nis current prospects growing out
oi in. interracial situation involving deseg¬
regation. Tragic though it may be, the ls-
.> u es cannot oe settled upon treir merits,
Dm upon political possibilities and expedi¬
ences, lor wnen the politicians whi nave nn-
ished with tneir semsh designs, matters will
not oe mended, but more coniused and con-
iounded, and in the last analysis the Ne¬
groes must bear the burden of it all.
l he prospect is not bright when we con¬
sider tnat the lead that Ben Tillman „ook
at the turn of the century, is still the
mainspring of the political life of the South.
Ih 2 most that is required of the would-be
politician of the South is an anti-Negro
stand of one kind or another; and he is
oound to have a following, and that follow¬
ing cares, little or nothing about the weigh¬
tier issues of the day, so long as his favorite
politician's talk is on one side and his heart
on thf other; for in many cases these anti-
Negro politicians at heart do not hate the
Negroes, whom they are baiting and abusing.
Some Negroes have beerf inclinedto be
lenient toward these political characters who
curse the Negro on the stump and treat
with him in community life, on the score
that regardless of what he says, he feels in
his heart that Negroes deserve a better fate.
This writer has never shared this feeling
of leniency. it is like killing a man by ac¬
cident; but the man is dead as if by design,
he is done to death. The fellow who killed
his lover accidentally in the parlor with a
deadly weapon cried ‘‘Oh Maggie darling!
I didn’t go to do it!” but Maggie darling was
dead!
And so the designing politicican who ut¬
ters sweet words to and about Negroes in
private and curses them in public, should
be spurned and suspected and cqrtainly not
tolerated. What politicians say is more im¬
portant than what they mean.
Already in the various communities, deseg¬
regation is being made the issue; already
one politician is calling the other “desegrev
IT'S A SNOW SCOUT
Girl Scouts go camping or on outdoor adventures all year
round—not just in summertime. Hikes, overnight camping trips,
winter sports and games make Girl Scouting as much fun in
January as it is in June.
coming holidays.
(Missi Rachael Edwards
Chairman of Public Relations
nity upon hundreds of thous¬
ands of New York citizens.”
The NAACP representative
made recommendations for im¬
proved procedures in the oper¬
ation of the Commission and
discussed six cases presented to
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SCAD by the NAACP These
cases included complaints of
discrimination against both pri¬
vate management and trade
unions.
From the Girl Scouts Asso¬
to each and everyone,
send our greetings for the
into a younger, easier,
line. We salute the mas¬
er and the bra that’s given the
aew year a new shape.”
Asks Ban on
Racial Tags
Autos
NEW YORK, Dec.—The New
* ork State Commission Against
Discrimination has again been
urged to take effective steps
j | to State halt Motor the Vehicle practice of th»
Bureau of
asking for racial designations
>n official applications.
The request was made by Her¬
bert Hill, labor relations as¬
sistant. National Association
for Advancement of Colored
’■ /pie, at a meeting SCAD he.d
last week with representatives
of various organizations. Mr. j
Hill has made a similar request
last year. The bureau has j
continued the practice claiming
that it serves a valid purpose
of identification.
In .response to ths content
tion, Mr Hill told the commis¬
sion Unit "a far more pressing
reason for removing the racial
d 'hgnaton is the iact that Ne¬
gro citizens are forced to pay
higher insurance rates and that
this practice inflicts an indig-
By Willa
MERRY\ CHRISTMAS! May
the true spirit of Christmas re¬
main with all of the Tribune
readers, ‘HERE AND THERE,”
throughout the New Year.
REMEMBER THE MARCH OF
DIMES campaign which begins
January 3. "Through the years
since 1938, the March of Dimes
has granted $22,600,000 for sci¬
entific research. Fighting polio
is a bigger job now. Your help
is needed to continue research
for a polio preventive and to
provide aid for patients. Give
generously to the 1955 March of
Dimes.” J. E. JACKSON, man¬
ager of the Century Window
Cleaning Co., is chairman of
the local 1955 March of Dimes
campaign. Let’s help him.
FIFTEEN NEGRO DEBU¬
TANTES of Washington, D. C„
| will be honored by their parents
: with a reception and party on
December 27 at the historic
I Willard Hotel in Washington.
1 This is unique in that a few
! years ago Negro students were
1 asked to the door of
use rear
this hotel while making an
educational tour.
MRS. ADDIE UNDERWOOD
! will leave by plane on Christ¬
mas Eve for Birmingham, Ala.,
to spend the holidays with rel¬
atives and friends.
JOHN W. CHANEY, a Tribune
subscriber in Crange, N. J.,
j sent Christmas Greetings renewal with this
I his subscription
1 week. By the way, it is impos-
sible to mention the many
friends who have subscribed to
the Tribune recently upon our
invitation to take advantage of
the old rates before January 1.
j We greatly appreciate the re-
sponse and we are encouraged
] to "keep publishing."
| “CAN INTEGRATION WORK?”
I j is the title of an article by Mrs.
Effie M. Clark which will be
| | found on page 9 (Section 2) of
this week's issue of the Tribune.
| Have you read it? •
j Savannah ’s Business Firms
1 anc j individuals should let the
I Tribune know about their an-
nivel . S aries and other celebra-
tions It , is the Tribune’s busi-
ness to tell the public about
! your business. A good business
j s poor business when nobody
knows about it.
EZRA JOHNSON ANI) SAM¬
UEL AYERS are responsible for
soliciting the many Christmas
Greetings found in this special
issue of the Tribune. The Trib¬
une has given 73 years of con¬
tinuous service to Savannah and
its vicinity. This is the first
time that it has carried 16
pages. Surely, our readers will
take time during the holidays to
group of ladies had charge of
the music.
1
'
j Surveys Prog¬
ress on Sch.
Desegregat’n
NEW VDRK, Dec. 16 — The
progress and problems in de •
segregating the nation’s public
schools are summarized in an
article, “Desegregation at Work,” j
by Henry Lee Moon in the De
cember 18 issue of The Nation, |
liberal weekly journal of
gatiomsts etc, The tragedy of the sit¬
uation hinges not only about the fact that
Negroes are going to suffer the consequen¬
ces ox these political charlatans and their
wicked des.gns, but the South and the nation
are going to suffer; in fact, they will suffer
the greater affliction, for the situation saps
the political energies of state and nation,
and we are thus impaired in our efforts to
fight communism to the finish. The ener¬
gies dissipated in making political capital of
the matter of desegregation, cannot at the
same time be used to save the situation
that the threat of communism imposes.
It is quite conceivable that the politician’s
paradise, so inviting at present, may prove
a nation’s undoing. But it is expecting too
much to hope that the little vest-pocket
editions of Tillman, Hokoe Smith, Tom Wat¬
son, Vardaman, Hefflin, Bilbo, Cofe Blease
and their kinJ, will not exploit to the fullest
the current tensions growing out of deseg'-
regation ,a question foisted upon the natiov
by the famous Supreme Court decisions.
But these would-be greats and minor po¬
litical prophets, will find another South
than that of the above-named demagogues.
There wos a time when the anti-Negro
demagogue could get a unanimous, or nearly
unanimous, mandate to fight the lowly Ne¬
gro in his attempts to raise himself above
the status of second rate citizenship have
changed and the anti-Negro line is not near¬
ly as effective as it once was.
Throughout the South this line is becoming
more and more insufficient to satisfy the po¬
litical aspirations of the lowly white masses.
If matters not where Negro-phobism raises
its horny head, there do we find bread-guaged
and nobly-inclined whites to oppose the at¬
tempts to becloud the entire political atmos¬
phere with the color question, which when
set off besides the world situation, is a miner
issue. What now looks like a politician’s
paradise could conceivalby be turned into a
communist’s paradise. It will be difficult
to contain the communists and the Negroes
• at the same time.
New Faces At NAACP
Meet
Several new faces were added
to the local NAACP official
family last week. Rev. Clarence
E. Richardson, pastor of the
Bolton Street Baptist church,
was eleced chaplain and Mrs.
Juanita Williams and Mrs.
Gwendolyn L. Bass were elected
assistant secretaries.
The branch unanimously
elected a slate of officers pre-
sented by the nominating com-
mittee on Wednesday night,
December 15, at Bethlehem
Baptist • church. Rev. Rev. L. L. S.
Stell, pastor. The meeting was
addressed by Mrs. Arthur W.
Simpkins, secretary of the
South Carolina Conference of
Branches, Columiba, S. C.
W. W. Law was re-elected
president and will begin his
sixth term as head of the sec¬
ond largest branch in the state
the first of the year, and Mrs.
Reatha G. Delaware was re¬
elected secretary, a position she
has held for more than ten
years. •
J. S. Delaware was elevated
to the position of first vice
president; Benjamin S. Adams,
vice president; and Rev. Edgar
P. Quarterman, treasurer.
One of the major purposes of
the meeting was to bring to a
close the NAACP Christmas
Seal campaign of which Mrs.
L. S. Stell is general chairman.
This committee will make a
complete report in January.
Near the close of the meeting
the group sang “Happy Birth¬
day” for Mrs. Simpkins and
Connie Wimberly, both of whom
had birthdays this month.
Mrs. E. Faustine Bignon and a
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‘ AW, JU<ST
r A MYTH... ,
‘SUMP'N IN BOOS/'' REAL/,
YOU'RE NOT
BUT I'M MOT KIDDING ABOUT TH/S .
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23,1934
Here And There
Bv Willa
read every greeting which made
this issue possible. These adver¬
tisers appreciate your buying
power and spend their money in
a Negro owned newspaper to
tell you about their products.
“THINK BEFORE YOU BUY” is
good advice.
MRS. MARY L. A'fERS left
last Saturday for Atlanta to
attend the weddings of her two
nieces, Miss Mary L. Sellers to
Dr. J. w. Wilcher, Jr., on De¬
cember f9th and Miss Juanita
Sellers to Dr. Vernon W. Stone
on December 26. She writes
that the snow and the unusual
Christmas decorations in Atlan¬
ta are added attractions. She is
the house guest of her sister,
Mrs. Blanche Smith of Adele
Street, S. W. Her brothers, Hor¬
ace, Garrett, John and Walter
Sellers with their families are
making her visit memorable.
CONGRATULATIONS are in
order for the Guaranty Life In¬
surance Company on its 50th
anniversary which occurred on
December 19.
MRS. JANIE BLAKE was
chairman of the Christmas par¬
ty given by the Iota Phi Lambda
Sorority last night < Wednesday 1
at Cocoanut Grove. "A good
time was had by all.” Mrs. Blake
is also the vice president of the
local chapter with Mrs. Josie B.
Sessoms, president, inis or¬
ganization includes prominent
business and professional wom¬
en who have made charitable
contributions to the community
since 1929.
MISS CAROLYN TUCKER,
RICHARD “DICKEY” BROWN,
MERRICK COLLIER, HAROLD
LAW AND LEONARD LAW are
home from college for the holi¬
days.
MISS ELLA MARIE LAW,
bride elect, will be honored with
a breakfast party, tomorrow
(Friday) morning by Mrs. Ed-
wina W. Ford at her home on
West 3Cth street. A buffet sup¬
per, is being given tonight by
Mrs. Margaret Law at her home
on Vine Street.
TRIBUNE CARRIERS will be
given a Christmas party Tues¬
day, December 28, at the- YMCA
| by the pub ij s her. Rev. A. J.
Hargrett, circulation manager,
will be in charge of the enter¬
tainment.
THE ANNUAL beautiful cal¬
endars from the T. J. Hopkins
Electrical Company have been
received. With it the recipient
not only is able to keep up with
the months and days but also
the room temperature from a
convenient thermometer which
is attached.
ion.
Mr. Moon, public relations di¬
rector of the National Associa¬
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People, surveys the
steps taken, the resistance en¬
countered and success attained
in school desegregation since
the Supreme Court’s historic
decision of May 17 banning the
dual school system.
The Smithsonian' Institution’s
Division of Physical Anthropol-
ogy includes more than 18,000
human skulls, representing es-
sentially every division and sub-
division of the human race,
Many of the skulls are acom-
by full skeletons.